E R RAMACHANDRAN forwards a forward that should be unapologetically forwarded becaue it is a paragraph by the great Aruthur Ashe that explains one of life’s greatest questions in the simplest way possible.
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Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player was dying of AIDS which he got due to infected blood he received during a heart surgery in 1983. From world over, he received letters from his fans, one of which conveyed :

“Why does God have to select you for such a bad disease?”

To this, Ashe replied: “The world over 5 crore children start playing tennis; 50 lakh learn to play tennis; 5 lakh learn professional tennis; 50,000 come to the circuit; 5000 reach the grand slam; 50 reach Wimbledon; 4 to semi-final; 2 to the finals, When I was holding a Cup I never asked God “Why me?”. And today in pain I should not be asking God, “Why me?”